Am I the only one pissed off at Rush Limbaugh for trying to manipulate the democratic primary. The right to vote is one of the most precious rights we have. Our founding fathers fought the British for the right; African American died in the Civil War for the right; Iraqi's are dying for the right. To throw your vote away like these Rush Limbaugh ( Read more... )

I have noticed that current students of Augustana often complain about it... whether its the Student Center, the music department, or Bahls in general. Many graduating seniors often claim they will never donate to Augustana, however, if you look at the Alumni donations the longer you are an alumni the more likely you are to give. So does that mean ( Read more... )

YES WE CAN

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You scored as Oliver Wood
You are Oliver Wood. Relentless, unyielding, hard-working, proud, passionate, and competitive. You're very active and probably prefer to constantly be in motion. Lying around may be very boring to you. You have a lot of energy in you and need to ( Read more... )

Its getting closer to Super Tuesday and that means debates are going to start to get nasty. Tonight Hillary proved to me why I dislike her so much ( Read more... )

First a rant...Unlike some of my fellow alumni, I miss the place of Augustana, not just the people. Because I care about the school, I want it to exist for a long period of time, not just for four years ( Read more... )

CNNMoney recently published an article that says the "War on Terror" could cost America 2.4 Trillion Dollars in the next 10 years. This article raised some questions for me including, what are the terrorist groups' tactics, and whether are country can afford this "War ( Read more... )

Over 100 political appointees of President Bush are former lobbyist, attorneys, or industry spokespersons. No wonder we have so much corruption and incompetency in government. Wouldn't it be great to have qualified people advising the President? Why can't we have America's smartest individuals advising our leaders on federal problems ( Read more... )

I was recently reading a CNN opinion article in which the author predicts that Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani will square off for the presidency in a little over a year. I can't help thinking how close Giuliani came to running for the New York Senate seat that Hillary currently holds. With his popularity at that time (2000), he might have ( Read more... )

I have a prediction. I believe that Barack Obama's grass roots campaign (370,000 donors to date) will impressed Al Gore ( he has has openly expressed his disillusionment about interest groups controlling the political process) so much that he will support Obama. His followers will in turn support Obama giving him the primary win ( Read more... )